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12074473

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-20
pubmed:abstractText
New radiotherapy planning and delivery techniques are undergoing rapid progress and change due to computer hardware and software technologies that have led to the development of sophisticated 3-dimensional (3D) radiation treatment planning and computer-controlled radiation therapy delivery systems. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is the most recent and advanced form of external beam radiation therapy often used to perform 3D conformal radiotherapy. It represents one of the most important technical advances in radiotherapy. IMRT has the potential to achieve a much higher degree of target conformity and normal tissue sparing than most other treatment techniques, especially for target volumes at risk with complex shapes and concave regions such as head-and-neck cancer. In this review, we summarize our own IMRT treatment techniques with serial tomotherapy and our clinical experience with 126 patients with head-and-neck IMRT.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0958-3947
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical experience of head-and-neck cancer IMRT with serial tomotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. chao@radonc.wustl.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review